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Knight Rider New TV Movie - KITT Is Back!

By bohus

February 17th sees the
return of 80's classic Knight Rider to TV screens as a TV movie. This
movie-of-the-week is a “backdoor pilot”, which is to say that if the show is successful, NBC will bring KITT back as a weekly TV
series. The worldwide hit was the story of David Hasselhoff... er,
Michael Knight... driving around inside the real star of the show:
KITT.

The Knight Industries Two Thousand is
an advanced computerized Pontiac Trans Am with an aloof talking
computer, tremendous speed, and a turbo boost to leap over any number
of sharks (or other hazards) in every episode. The show ran from 1982-86
on NBC and has achieved worldwide fame/notoriety for star Hasselhoff
and black Trans Ams.

After the visual effects success in last
summer's Transformers movie, the producers of the new Knight Rider
felt that they'd be able to achieve spectacular digital stunts and chases
even on a television budget. Val Kilmer is the voice of the new car
after the prior voice actor, Will Arnett was forced to leave. Turns out that Arnett handles voice overs in commercials for a competing car company.
Yeesh – politics.

Looking at the Wikipedia entry for the 80's show, I found this galling entry:

"Knight Rider had a profound
effect on consumer expectations, and the motor industry reacted
accordingly. ...motor manufacturers began offering vehicles with digital LED instrumentation, and even trip computers and security systems which used electronic voice
synthesizers which played back "talking" messages to the
driver."

This must have been written by someone
who wasn't alive when the show was originally on. We all know that
car makers would have introduced these innovations just as soon as
feasible – it wasn't because ardent fans of Knight Rider demanded
it. I abhor revisionist history, especially on Wikipedia. It's enough
that Knight Rider became something of a modern classic without
imposing fake historic significance on a show about a cool talking jumping car.

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Knight Rider New TV Movie - KITT Is Back!

February 17th sees the
return of 80's classic Knight Rider to TV screens as a TV movie. This
movie-of-the-week is a “backdoor pilot”, which is to say that if the show is successful, NBC will bring KITT back as a weekly TV
series. The worldwide hit was the story of David Hasselhoff... er,
Michael Knight... driving around inside the real star of the show:
KITT.

The Knight Industries Two Thousand is
an advanced computerized Pontiac Trans Am with an aloof talking
computer, tremendous speed, and a turbo boost to leap over any number
of sharks (or other hazards) in every episode. The show ran from 1982-86
on NBC and has achieved worldwide fame/notoriety for star Hasselhoff
and black Trans Ams.

After the visual effects success in last
summer's Transformers movie, the producers of the new Knight Rider
felt that they'd be able to achieve spectacular digital stunts and chases
even on a television budget. Val Kilmer is the voice of the new car
after the prior voice actor, Will Arnett was forced to leave. Turns out that Arnett handles voice overs in commercials for a competing car company.
Yeesh – politics.

Looking at the Wikipedia entry for the 80's show, I found this galling entry:

"Knight Rider had a profound
effect on consumer expectations, and the motor industry reacted
accordingly. ...motor manufacturers began offering vehicles with digital LED instrumentation, and even trip computers and security systems which used electronic voice
synthesizers which played back "talking" messages to the
driver."

This must have been written by someone
who wasn't alive when the show was originally on. We all know that
car makers would have introduced these innovations just as soon as
feasible – it wasn't because ardent fans of Knight Rider demanded
it. I abhor revisionist history, especially on Wikipedia. It's enough
that Knight Rider became something of a modern classic without
imposing fake historic significance on a show about a cool talking jumping car.